Professor of Comparative Literature and Translation Studies, School of English Studies, Shanghai International Studies University (SISU), China

Expertise: Comparative literature theories, world literature, sino-foreign literary relationship studies, thematology studies, translated Literature studies

Zha Mingjian is Professor of Comparative Literature and Translation Studies at the School of English Studies and Director of the Institute of Comparative Literature, Shanghai International Studies University (SISU), Associate editor-in-chief of Comparative Literature in China, Fulbright senior research scholar (Harvard University, 2006-2007), Vice president of China English Language Education Association, and Vice president of Shanghai International Studies Association. His main research interests are comparative literature, translation studies and humanities education. His main publications include A History of Translated Literature in Modern China (2004), A History of Foreign Literature Translation in 20th Century China (2007) and Professor ZHA Mingjian’s Selected Essays on Comparative Literature and Translation Studies (2014). His main Chinese translations include Comparative Literature: A Critical Introduction (2014) and What Is World Literature (2015). He has also published more than 70 journal articles on comparative literature and translation studies.